Sympathetic and parasympathetic regulation of the uterine blood flow and contraction in the rat

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 151-158

  Sato, Yuko ^a   Hotta, Harumi ^b   Nakayama, Hitomi ^b   Suzuki, Harue ^b  

^a TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypogastric nerve; Muscarinic receptor; Pelvic nerve; Rat; Uterine blood flow; Uterine contraction; Adrenergic receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PHENOXYBENZAMINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0030570515     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(96)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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